If I were to agree to write the music for your beautiful poem, it would tie your poem up for some years as I have agreements and obligations which I must respect.

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  The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than

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  Look at the United States today. We have made mistakes in the past. We have had shortcomings. We sh

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  Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is, with barga

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  Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of her own free will.